VH1 Programming

2000-05-19

USA - New York City, NY
VH1 Studios
- VH1 Behind The Music: 1992

Length: 60.00 min
Quality: 6/10
Media: 1x DVD
Source: VHS
Filming Type: Professional
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Videoformat: NTSC
Index #: #99999
Size: 387MB

It was the year music fans changed the course of the industry. In Seattle, flannel replaced spandex and Nirvana's Kurt Cobain was crowned the king of a sound called "grunge." Nirvana and other rockers like Pearl Jam gave validity to the alienation of middle America and "Generation X" through raging guitars, angst-ridden lyrics and their political stances. In South Central Los Angeles hip-hop artists like Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and Ice-T told of the guns and drugs that were a part of their daily life, creating a hard-hitting genre called gangsta rap. Their music would soon prove prophetic, when the Rodney King verdict set off several days of rioting and violence. Ice-T and Time Warner would soon be taken to task by Vice President Dan Quayle for the song "Cop Killer." Already disconnected from a political system which said they didn't count, the youth and MTV's Rock The Vote helped elect a president -- Bill Clinton -- who at least grew up in the rock 'n' roll generation, even if he never "inhaled"

With original commercials
Bad hiss, Would take an upgrade